Two-wheeled vehicle



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L. OOONEY, Jr.

TWO WHEELBD'VBHIGLE. No. 375,129. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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LUKE COONEY, JR, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,129, dated December 20, 1887.

Application filed May 16, 1887. Serial No. 23%359.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUKE COONEY, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Two- W'heeled Vehicle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of twowheeled vehicles the body of which is fulcrumed at the forward end and is supported by springs from the axle; and it has for its object the construction substantially as below described and claimed.

In the drawings forminga part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, with one thill broken awayand one wheel removed; and Fig. 2 is a plan of about one-half of the vehicle.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, the body D is fulcrume'd at the forward end to the thills B in the ordinary manner. The body may be made in any desired form from any suitable material, and it may be hinged to the cross-bar of the thills or to the thills direct.

Both sides of the vehicle are of course like the side here shown. The springs a are hung at the rear end from the axle or other suitable support by shackles b, from thence extend for: ward to a point below the forward end of the seat-bars of the body. The forward end of the springs or are hung below the forward end of the seat-bars by loops 6. The centers of the springs are rigidly attached to the sides of the (No model.)

body at c. The springs lie alongside of the 5' body, and are in something the shape of the bow to a cross-gun; but the springs may be of any suitable shape on this principle, and attached in any desired manner, substantially as set forth. Each end of the spring forward and rearward ofthe pointc has an independent action. The-loop e lifts up on the forward end of the springs a when the body swings down.

The vehicle thus constructed makes a fine appearance, has a very desirable spring action, and is easy of access, as the springs do not come above the floor of the body;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the body and axle with the springs attached to suitable connections at the axle centrally attached to the sides of the body and hung at their forward end from the body by links, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the axle,the fnlcru med body, and the springs centrally and rigidly attached to the sides of the body, the rear ends shackled to the axle, and the forward ends hung from the body by tlielinks, substantially as set forth.

In testimony ofthe foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

LUKE COONEY, Jr. Witnesses:

G. D. B. HALL, EDWARD VROEQINDENUY. 

